Module: Business Applications

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Business Applications
Module Code	CSC1062 (ITS: CA113)
Faculty	Computing	School	Engineering & Computing
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This course aims to broaden the student’s computer literacy skills through the use of current Microsoft Office suite providing the students with increased competence, productivity, and credibility in any business environment. Emphasis is on word processing, spreadsheets and presentations working with: Word, Excel and Power Point. Students should master to an advanced level on how to use the applications in the MS Office suite and how to transfer data from one application to another. After course completion, students will be able to use these programs to their full capacity for both business and personal use.

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop a working knowledge of an integrated software suite.
2. Demonstrate marketable skills for enhanced employment opportunities. Create complex documents by adding components such as, customized lists, tables, charts, graphics and macros.
3. Describe proper computer techniques for designing and producing various types of documents
4. Learn the mail merge function to merge variable information into a standard document and create envelopes and mailing labels.
5. Develop the skills necessary to create macros, audit and analyze worksheet data, incorporate multiple data sources, import and export data, and share data with other applications.
6. Create and format spreadsheets, save time with Excel’s table and list management features, including AutoFilter and Automatic Subtotals. Create and use interactive PivotTables, and lookup tables to summarize and retrieve sets of data on the fly.
7. Create professional, high-impact presentations. Customize your presentation with colour, texture, animation schemes, slide templates and slide transitions.
8. Manipulate data from one software application to various other applications within the integrated suite.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	12	lecture
Laboratory	24	Tutorials and assignments
Independent Study	77	No Description
Group work	12	presentation
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	20197	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC2	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Jane Kernan	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Participation	Problem based learning	100%	Every Week

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Develop a working knowledge of an integrated software package

Complex documents creation

Techniques for document design

Mail Merge

Macro development

Import and export data

Advanced functionality in spreadsheets

Mastering presentation skills

Indicative Reading List

Books:

David A. Wilson: 2002, Managing information, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 9780750656214
Sherry Willard Kinkoph: 0, Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office 2007,
Ed Bott: 0, Microsoft Office 2007 In Depth,

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None